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Mt. Lebanon's Olivio Grattan and Kate Begor defend against Pine-Richland's Hayley Morgan, right, in the Class AAA volleyball semifinals last night at Chartiers Valley. Mt. Lebanon won to reach the final tomorrow.
Only one defending champion remains in the WPIAL girls' volleyball playoffs, as two of the three defending champions were defeated last night in the semifinals. (Yesterday)
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Quaker Valley's John Yankello, left, finished second in the WPIAL Class AA cross country championships last week.
Will the drought end tomorrow? No WPIAL Class AA boys' cross country team has won a PIAA title since Neshannock in 1976, but Quaker Valley appears ready to end the league's run of futility. (Yesterday)
Freshman Misha Demchuk scored 2:52 into the second overtime as Seneca Valley advanced to its second WPIAL title game in three years with a 2-1 win against Canon-McMillan in a WPIAL Class AAA girls' soccer semifinal last night at Chartiers Valley. (11/05/2009)
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Fox Chapel's Katelyn Bagley battles for posession with Peters Township's Kayla Howard during the WPIAL Class AAA field hockey championship game at Fox Chapel on Monday.
To Peters Township's Rachel Sunday, playing goalie in a scoreless WPIAL Class AA field hockey championship game that remained tied throughout regulation and went to sudden-death overtime wasn't as (11/05/2009)
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Peters Township's Caroline Nixon won her singles match in Hershey in helping the Indians to the PIAA Class AAA team title.
Only a freshman, playing on the biggest stage for high school tennis in the state, with an entire team and school's hopes for a PIAA title riding on the play of her and her partner against a team (11/05/2009)